approved for the National Postgraduate Scholarship program: academic year 2017/18

POSITION IN SHANGHAI ARWU LEAGUE TABLE 2016 STUDY DESTINATION NAME 1 USA Harvard University 2 USA Stanford University 3 USA University of California, Berkeley 4 UK University of Cambridge 5 USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 6 USA Princeton University 7 UK University of Oxford 8 USA California Institute of Technology 9 USA Columbia University 10 USA University of Chicago 11 USA Yale University 12 USA University of California, Los Angeles 13 USA Cornell University 14 USA University of California, San Diego 15 USA University of Washington 16 USA Johns Hopkins University 17 UK University College London 18 USA University of Pennsylvania 19 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich 20 Japan University of Tokyo 21 USA University of California, San Francisco Imperial College London (formerly known and referred to in Shanghai ARWU 2016 as 22 UK The Imperial College of , Technology and ) 23 USA University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 23 USA Washington University in St. Louis 25 USA Duke University 26 USA Northwestern University 27 Canada University of Toronto 28 USA University of Wisconsin - Madison 29 USA New York University 30 University of Copenhagen 30 USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 32 Japan Kyoto University 33 USA University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 34 Canada University of British Columbia 35 UK University of Manchester 35 USA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 37 USA Rockefeller University 38 USA University of Colorado at Boulder 39 University Pierre and Marie Curie (also known as University of VI or 6) 40 Australia University of Melbourne 41 UK University of Edinburgh 42 USA University of California, Santa Barbara 43 USA The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 44 Karolinska Institute 44 USA University of Texas at Austin 46 France Paris-Sud University (also known as XI or 11) 47 Heidelberg University 47 Germany The Technical University of Munich 49 USA University of Southern California 50 UK King's College London Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (also known as LMU Munich and referred to in 51 Germany Shanghai ARWU 2016 as the 'University of Munich') 52 USA University of Maryland, College Park 53 Switzerland University of Geneva 54 Switzerland University of Zurich 55 Australia University of Queensland 56 Finland University of Helsinki 57 UK University of Bristol 58 USA University of California, Irvine 60 Sweden 60 USA Vanderbilt University 62 63 Canada McGill University 63 USA Purdue University - West Lafayette 65 Denmark 65 Utrecht University 68 USA Carnegie Mellon University 70 USA University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus 72 Japan Nagoya University 72 USA Rice University 72 Netherlands 75 USA Boston University 75 USA University of California, Davis 77 USA Pennsylvania State University - University Park (also known as Penn State) 77 Australia Australian National University 79 Australia Monash University 79 USA Ohio State University 81 Sweden Stockholm University 82 Australia University of Sydney 83 Canada McMaster University 83 USA University of California, Santa Cruz 87 France École Normale Supérieure - Paris 90 USA Brown University 90 USA University of Florida 92 Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 93 USA Georgia Institute of Technology 93 Belgium KU Leuven (full name is Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) 93 Netherlands Leiden University 96 Japan Osaka University Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick (also known as Rutgers 96 USA University) 96 Australia University of Western Australia 100 USA University of Utah

101-150 France Aix-Marseille University 101-150 USA Arizona State University 101-150 UK Cardiff University 101-150 USA Case Western Reserve University 101-150 USA Emory University 101-150 Netherlands Erasmus University 101-150 USA Indiana University Bloomington 101-150 Sweden Lund University 101-150 USA Michigan State University 101-150 Netherlands Radboud University Nijmegen 101-150 USA Texas A&M University 101-150 Australia University of Adelaide 101-150 Australia University of New South Wales 101-150 UK University of Sheffield 101-150 Japan Tohoku University 101-150 USA Tufts University 101-150 Canada University of Alberta 101-150 Netherlands University of Amsterdam 101-150 USA University of Arizona 101-150 Switzerland University of Basel 101-150 Switzerland 101-150 UK University of Birmingham 101-150 Germany University of Bonn 101-150 Germany University of Frankfurt 101-150 Germany University of Freiburg (also known as Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg) 101-150 Germany University of Goettingen (offical name is the University of Göttingen ) 101-150 UK University of Leeds 101-150 UK University of Liverpool 101-150 Germany University of Muenster (offical name is the University of Münster ) 101-150 UK University of Nottingham 101-150 USA University of Rochester 101-150 UK University of Southampton 101-150 France University of Strasbourg 101-150 Netherlands University of Wageningen 101-150 France Paris Diderot University (also known as Paris 7) 101-150 Netherlands VU University Amsterdam (full name is 'Vrije Universiteit' Amsterdam)

151-200 Belgium Catholic University of Louvain (Université Catholioque de Louvain) 151-200 Netherlands Delft University of Technology (als known as TU Delft) 151-200 Japan Hokkaido University 151-200 France Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble 1 (official name is Université Joseph Fourier) 151-200 UK London School of Economics and Political Science 151-200 UK London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 151-200 USA Oregon Health and Science University 151-200 USA Oregon State University 151-200 UK Queen Mary University of London 151-200 Sapienza University of Rome 151-200 Denmark Technical University of Denmark (also known as DTU) 151-200 New Zealand University of Auckland 151-200 UK 151-200 Ireland Trinity College Dublin 151-200 Germany TU Dresden (full name is 'Technische Universität' Dresden) 151-200 Belgium Université Libre de Bruxelles (also known as ULB) 151-200 Spain University of Barcelona 151-200 France University of Bordeaux 151-200 USA University of California, Riverside 151-200 USA University of Delaware University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (also known as Friedrich-Alexander University 151-200 Germany Erlangen-Nürnberg) 151-200 UK University of Exeter 151-200 Sweden University of Gothenburg 151-200 USA University of Hawaii at Manoa 151-200 University of Innsbruck 151-200 USA University of Iowa 151-200 Germany University of Kiel 151-200 Germany University of Leipzig 151-200 USA University of Massachusetts Amherst (also known as UMass Amherst) University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester (also known as UMass Medical 151-200 USA School) 151-200 USA University of Miami 151-200 Canada University of Montreal 151-200 Italy University of Padua (also known as University of Padova) University of Paris Descartes (also known as L'Université Paris Descartes or Paris V 151-200 France (5)) 151-200 Germany University of Tuebingen (also known as Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen) 151-200 Austria 151-200 USA University of Virginia 151-200 UK

201-300 Germany University of Wuerzburg (also known as The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg) 201-300 Denmark Aalborg University 201-300 Spain Autonomous University of Madrid 201-300 USA Brandeis University 201-300 Sweden Chalmers University of Technology 201-300 Czech Republic Charles University in Prague 201-300 France Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 201-300 USA Colorado State University 201-300 Australia Curtin University 201-300 USA Dartmouth College 201-300 Australia Deakin University 201-300 USA Drexel University 201-300 UK Durham University 201-300 Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology (also known as TU Eindhoven) 201-300 USA Florida State University 201-300 USA George Mason University 201-300 USA Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis 201-300 USA Iowa State University 201-300 Australia James Cook University 201-300 Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (also known as KIT) 201-300 Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology 201-300 Japan Kyushu University 201-300 Canada Laval University 201-300 Netherlands Maastricht University 201-300 Australia Macquarie University 201-300 USA Medical University of South Carolina 201-300 USA North Carolina State University - Raleigh 201-300 USA Northeastern University 201-300 France Paul Sabatier University (also known as Toulouse 3 or III) 201-300 Italy Polytechnic Institute of Milan 201-300 Canada Queen's University 201-300 Australia Queensland University of Technology (also known as QUT) 201-300 Germany RWTH Aachen University 201-300 USA Stony Brook University 201-300 Sweden Swedish University of Agricultural 201-300 Canada University of Calgary 201-300 UK University of Dundee 201-300 USA University of Georgia 201-300 USA The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque 201-300 Japan Tokyo Institute of Technology 201-300 France Toulouse School of Economics 201-300 UK University of Aberdeen 201-300 USA University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 201-300 Belgium University of Antwerp 201-300 Germany University of Bochum (also known as Ruhr-University Bochum) 201-300 Italy 201-300 USA University of Cincinnati 201-300 UK University of East Anglia 201-300 Italy University of Florence 201-300 Spain University of Granada 201-300 Germany University of Hamburg 201-300 USA University of Houston 201-300 USA University of Illinois at Chicago 201-300 USA University of Kansas University of Koeln (official name in English is 'The University of Cologne' and in German 201-300 Germany 'Die Universität zu Köln') 201-300 Switzerland University of Lausanne 201-300 UK University of Leicester 201-300 France University of Lorraine 201-300 Germany University of Mainz (full name is The Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz) 201-300 USA University of Maryland, Baltimore 201-300 Italy University of Milan 201-300 USA University of Missouri - Columbia 201-300 USA University of Nebraska - Lincoln 201-300 USA University of Notre Dame 201-300 Canada University of Ottawa 201-300 Italy University of Pisa 201-300 USA University of South Florida 201-300 UK University of Sussex 201-300 Australia University of Tasmania 201-300 Japan University of Tsukuba 201-300 Italy University of Turin (offical name Università degli Studi di Torino) 201-300 Germany University of Ulm 201-300 Canada University of Victoria 201-300 Canada University of Waterloo 201-300 UK University of York 201-300 USA Virginia Commonwealth University 201-300 Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel (also known as VUB) 201-300 Canada Western University

301-400 Spain Autonomous University of Barcelona 301-400 USA Boston College 301-400 Japan Chiba University 301-400 Spain Complutense University of Madrid 301-400 Canada Dalhousie University 301-400 France École Normale Supérieure de Lyon 301-400 France École Polytechnique 301-400 France ESPCI ParisTech 301-400 Australia Flinders University 301-400 USA Georgetown University 301-400 Australia Griffith University 301-400 Japan Keio University 301-400 Australia La Trobe University 301-400 Sweden Linkoping University 301-400 Ireland National University of Ireland, Galway 301-400 UK Newcastle University 301-400 Japan Okayama University 301-400 France Paris Dauphine University (Paris 9) 301-400 Spain Polytechnic University of Catalonia 301-400 Spain Polytechnic University of Valencia 301-400 Spain Pompeu Fabra University 301-400 UK Queen's University Belfast 301-400 USA Rush University 301-400 Germany Technical University of Berlin 301-400 USA Temple University 301-400 USA George Washington University 301-400 Australia University of Newcastle, Australia 301-400 UK University of Reading 301-400 USA University of Texas at Dallas 301-400 USA The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 301-400 USA Thomas Jefferson University 301-400 Sweden Umea University 301-400 USA University at Buffalo - the State University of New York 301-400 Ireland University College Dublin 301-400 UK University of Bath 301-400 New Zealand University of Canterbury 301-400 USA University of Colorado at Denver 301-400 USA University of Connecticut 301-400 Finland University of Eastern Finland 301-400 Switzerland University of Fribourg 301-400 Germany University of Giessen (also known as Justus Liebig University Giessen) 301-400 Canada University of Guelph University of Halle-Wittenberg (also known as Martin Luther University of Halle- 301-400 Germany Wittenberg) 301-400 Germany University of Jena (also known as Friedrich Schiller University Jena) 301-400 USA University of Kentucky 301-400 Belgium University of Liège 301-400 Germany University of Marburg 301-400 USA University of Maryland, Baltimore County 301-400 Italy University of Milan - Bicocca 301-400 France University of Montpellier 301-400 USA University of North Texas 301-400 USA University of Oregon 301-400 New Zealand University of Otago 301-400 Italy University of Pavia 301-400 Canada University of Quebec 301-400 Spain University of Santiago de Compostela 301-400 USA University of South Carolina - Columbia 301-400 Denmark University of Southern Denmark 301-400 UK University of St Andrews 301-400 Australia University of Technology, Sydney 301-400 USA University of Tennessee - Knoxville 301-400 Netherlands University of Twente 301-400 USA University of Vermont 301-400 Australia University of Western Sydney 301-400 Australia University of Wollongong 301-400 USA Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 301-400 USA Wayne State University

401-500 Finland Aalto University 401-500 Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 401-500 UK Bangor University 401-500 Germany Bielefeld University 401-500 USA Brigham Young University 401-500 UK Brunel University 401-500 USA Florida International University 401-500 401-500 Japan Kobe University 401-500 France MINES ParisTech 401-500 USA Oklahoma State University 401-500 Japan Osaka City University 401-500 France Paris Sorbonne University 401-500 USA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 401-500 Australia RMIT University 401-500 USA Saint Louis University 401-500 USA San Diego State University 401-500 Italy Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa 401-500 Canada Simon Fraser University 401-500 Sweden Stockholm School of Economics 401-500 Australia Swinburne University of Technology 401-500 Germany Technical University Darmstadt 401-500 USA Texas Tech University 401-500 USA The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 401-500 Japan Tokyo University of Science 401-500 USA University at Albany (State University of New York - SUNY) 401-500 USA University of Alaska - Fairbanks 401-500 Germany University of Bayreuth 401-500 Germany University of Bremen 401-500 USA University of Central Florida 401-500 Germany Duesseldorf University (offical name is University of Düsseldorf) 401-500 Italy University of Ferrara 401-500 Germany University of Hannover 401-500 Germany University of Konstanz 401-500 Canada University of Manitoba 401-500 USA University of Montana - Missoula 401-500 France University of Nice Sophia Antipolis 401-500 Finland University of Oulu 401-500 Italy University of Palermo 401-500 Italy University of Parma 401-500 Italy University of Perugia 401-500 Germany University of Potsdam 401-500 Germany University of Regensburg 401-500 Italy University of Rome Tor Vergata 401-500 Germany University of Rostock 401-500 Italy University of Salerno 401-500 Canada University of Saskatchewan 401-500 Germany University of Stuttgart 401-500 UK University of Surrey 401-500 Spain University of the Basque Country 401-500 Finland University of Turku 401-500 Spain University of Valencia 401-500 France University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 401-500 Poland University of Warsaw 401-500 USA University of Wyoming 401-500 Spain Rovira i Virgili University 401-500 USA Utah State University 401-500 Austria Vienna University of Technology 401-500 Italy Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 401-500 USA Wake Forest University 401-500 Japan Waseda University 401-500 USA Washington State University 401-500 USA West Virginia University